You got me
.. I was intrigued by the title and the picture, not noticing the genre. What an impressive composition, full of textures and rhythms working in harmony. This is a really interesting and engaging piece and what's more, has got me out of my comfort zone, bravo.

Big man, the early years
This started with the idea of some loop with real instruments morphing into a synthetic carpet. So I took that mandolin loop, matched it with a breakbeat loop, and then started slathering synth parts on top of it. The whole piece is an exercise is making minimal changes to parts here and there (with occasionally a big sideways jump) resulting in a slow continuously changing overall texture.

I t is
different and at first I was a bit uncomfortable with it..but it grows on you and hangs in there..a second listen and it is almost an old buddy..different and enjoyable...but then you do do different don't you do ? Nice one .

Concise short-story in the description
Gave me a smirk from the description, very potent imagery of self-importance. Music definitely has a swaunter (cross between a saunter and a swagger)... many things going on in his head, mostly serious, but fun-loving too. Reminds me a bit of my "Major Penta" (under the ic42 account) except yours is much more elaborate and developed. Love the synth voices here. Great bass too.
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Drakonis

So cool...
The man saunters... and we listen and watch. Well done Vic. This is a slice of life music-piece that works, never boring despite the apparent, but effective, repetitive nature of the song. I like it.

I see
Giancarlo Giannini, a young Mickey Rourke and Ryuichi Sakamoto drinking grappa at a nondescript cafe. Pretty cool stuff, and a seamless transition.
Your approach here puts me in mind of the best of Jim O'Rourke. You clearly have a different philosophy, but the build up is similar.

I'd consider dropping those first few mando measures: they don't really fit the Neo Geo groove of the rest of it, and they might come in handy somewhere down the line.

Very nice production.
Vic, what is that instrument that you open up with it sounds like a Greek instrument from Zorba. Lots of ambiance as this one develops. Again it has a really full and professional production shine.

In past lives, VicDiesel was a country fiddler, a shawm player at the Burgundy court, bellows pumper for JS Bach, Geoff Emerick's factotum, and a beggar playing drums in the streets of Calcutta for alms. Unusually, the memories of all that co... [see more]

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